24-01-2008

Hungarian Film Week announces competition

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    Eighteen titles are competing for the Golden Reel Award during the 39th Hungarian Film Week which kicks off Jan. 29. The festival, which runs through Feb. 5, will also host nine world premieres.

    The week will offer in its various competitions a total of 104 new works, of which 18 are full-length features and 37 are shorts and experimental films. In addition to the 33 documentaries, 13 scientific and 3 creative - experimental documentaries will be showcased in Budapest.

    A total of 18 feature films were selected to compete for the Golden Reel which serves as the main award of the Budapest contest for the first time. Among them are the most recent productions by Tamás Almási, Gábor Dettre, Benedek Fliegauf, Szabolcs Hajdu, Róbert Koltai, Kornél Mundruczó, Elemér Ragályi, György Szomjas, Péter Tímár, Szabolcs Tolnai, and Ferenc Török.

    In Competition

    Róbert Alföldi - Tranquillity / Nyugalom

    world premiere, first feature

    Tamás Almási - Mario the Magician / Mário a varázsló

    world premiere

    Gábor Dettre - The Class / Tabló

    world premiere

    Anna Faur - Girls / Lányok

    world premiere, first feature

    Benedek Fliegauf - Milky Way / Tejút

    Attila Gigor - The Investigator / A nyomozó

    world premiere, first feature

    Szabolcs Hajdu - Off Hollywood

    Róbert Koltai - The Train Keeps a Rollin' / Megy a gőzös

    Róbert Lakatos - Bahrtalo! Good Luck! / Bahrtalo! Jó szerencsét!

    world premiere, first feature

    Kornél Mundruczó - Delta

    world premiere

    Erik Novák - Nosedive / Zuhanórepülés

    first feature

    Béla Paczolay - The Adventurers / Kalandorok

    world premiere, first feature

    Elemér Ragályi - Without Mercy - In memory of P.D. / Nincs kegyelem - PD emlékére

    György Szomjas - The Sun Street Boys / A Nap utcai fiúk

    Attila Till - Panic / Pánik

    world premiere, first feature

    Péter Tímár - Casting / Casting minden

    Szabolcs Tolnai - The Hourglass / Fövenyóra

    Ferenc Török - Overnight

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    Special Screenings

    Csaba Bereczki - Song of Lives / Életek éneke

    world premiere

    Ferenc Moldoványi - Another Planet / Egy másik bolygó

    world premiere

    Péter Forgács - Own Death / Saját halál

    world premiere